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can result when the removal of ane Agent AONIS W I opening for a sirecessor, who may tread the same path, find must be removed in the same way. The Sp,tni,l, proverb says well, " lie who throws a stone ftt every dog he meets, will soon have a weary arm." Even a fraudulent Debtor, front ►he circum stances detailed by it/doe/us, may arrest a Credi tor under the advice of an Agent, who, r+s I have before obser , fed, is respottsible to no legal Tiibunal, nor under the sacred obligation of an oath ; for it generally. happens that Debtors under the (?resent Act are averse to paying their Creditors, as expe rience too amply confirms. Amongst many ingenious devices which are resorted to, by the insolvent Agents and unprin cipled adventurers, one of the most prominent is the practice of obtaining hired or Jew bail foy "the Dobtor. It is ti n ts accomplished. Two falling insolve'it persons are applied to by the Agent,and on receipt `of a stipulated sum, theywssent and go thrpnght he legal formalities ofj ustifyingbm i , and with unblushing hardihood swear tiirrnselves to be possessed of property to a considerable amount. . . The truth of the statement will obtain confir mation on 'reference to the respective Officers of the different COURTS. The bail are received, the Debtor is liberated from custody, and the plain tiff proceeds in his action. If he obtains judgment, and the Debtor cannot befotind ,he can have recourse only to the bail, awl they will either abscond or prove insolvent. Thus the fair trader becomes a prey to the most direful calamities, whilst the profligate and designing is exempt from responsibility. The Creditor, thus wantonly and wickedly treat ed,, has no appeal in this stage of the proceedins, and can obtain no relief from the effects of hired bail. The profligate Bail and Agent, it is true, may be liable to an indictment for perjury; or conspiracy, but their obscurity and fraudulent practice places them out of the reach of process, and in the secret recesses of infamy, they triumph in the ruin they have created. Two indigent persons, long practised in giving bail, and in the habits of petjury, and the subtleties of legal proceedings, may combine with the unprincipled Agents to destroy the property of the Creditor. Many of the daring impostors who speculate on the success of artifice and fraud, and hear the name of Agents, have been imprisoned -Debtors ; and being versed in the various modes of obtain in;,; their liberation, the prospect of a temporary imprisonment alone excites no dread, and sines no check to their pursuits. Time expences which attend the risk of enforcing a claim against the Debtor, frequently compels a Creditor to relinquish it. If, however, he has resolution to persevere against his experienced and unprincipled foe, he does it at the risk of increas ing his original loss by accumulating expellee. The fraudulent Debtor,,with the collusion of an Agent, may contest the Creditor's right with the weapons which himself has furnished ; and if the Creditor should fix the bail of the Debtor, the Creditor is still without remedy, for the Bail are discovered to be persons in the most indigent cir cumstances, or probably are living in prison in luxury and idleness, on a part at that properly which the Debtor has so improperly and unjustly o'bfoined, and the Creditor has fruitlessly endea voqxed to recover. Thus it is evident that the numerous impostors and a d ve . n i, nrets w ho practice frauds on the Com mercial and Trading Ji - orld, are encouraged to pur sue their ca7ecr o f v ill a i n y by a consciousness that thcy can avail theJuselves of multifarious legal de.- t i e r s to postpone the day of payment, to involve the Creditor with expellee, and to ridicule his e f forts. Snould the injured Creditor succeed in obtain ing a tinaljndgment against his designing Debtor., and reach the . last stage of proceedings the law has limited for givi , tg him satisfaction, even then if the debt exceeds 300/. he cannot compel a resto ration c f theproperty which has 'peen plundered front hint ; for by the vigilance and dexterity of Agent:, against the continued attacks of tire Law, front the commencement of the suit to the utmost verge of process, the vanquished foe still retains the prize, and even in the last extremity defies the vengeance of the Law, and retires into prison to consume the substance of oilier nzert in base and luxurious indolence. " The object of Imprisontnent for Debt, appears to have been originally intended, not for the punishment of a Debtor, but to compel him to discharge the debt out of property, such as Mono' in the Funds, or Debts due to him, which earl-- not be reached by any legal process. But execution by Impri sonment is considered as so far a satisf'actioit the Dtht, that if the Creditor retraces the Debtor from confinement, hecannot afterwards have recourse to any (intim REMEDY !"—Vide 13th .Edition of 131.1clistone's Commentaries, Bonk 3, Chap. 26. Thus the man who has contracted Debts to a large amount may preserve tire fortune he has fraudulently obtained, and be privileged within the walls of a prison THREU MONTHS. Here he becomes domiciled, and after expending a great part of those means which in justice are the rights of his Creditors, they are without relief either in law or equity ; and therefore, as long as the un principled Debtor shall be permitted to riot on the property which he has unjustly obtained, Cre ditors in general will have cause to complain of the inadequacy of the present Act, which does not suffielently enforce the means of restitution. A respect for the Trading World, and-a regard for the general.suceess of Commerce, impel me to submit these observations to the Public. If the facts which hare been disclosed, ard the observations applicable to them, should induce a public approval, and legislative adoption of regula tions to correct the evils and remedy the imperfec tions so conspicuously prominent, I shall exidt in having been instrumental towards suggesting any part of the outline upon which may be established a dispensation of justice conformable to reason, wis dom, and humanity, consistent with the welfare of the State, and the true interests of a Commercid Nation. Every day's experience gives demonstrative proof, that ^ersuns continue to practise the gross est frauds, even after commitment for deht ; a pri son having no influence over their vicious habits, but, with the assistance of AGENTS, to confirm them. In the language of a great moral writer,— .• " From such an association springs every corruption which wickedness Call generate; with all the shameless and profli gate enormities that can be produced by the impudence of ig nominy, the rage of want, and the malignity of despair. " In a prison 'the awe of the public eye is lost; there are few fears, there are no blushes ; the lewd inflame the lewd ; the audacious harden the audacious. Every one fortifies himself as he en n against his own insensibility; endeavours to practice on others the arts which are practisrii ox himself, and guin.s• thE kinancss or his Associates ho similitude of inauners. " Thus .5(,fl sink amidst their misery, and others .ureive •nito propagate JOHNsoN. SCRUTATOR. DRURY-LANE MEETING, Yesterday a Meeting of New Renters took place in the Saloon, to receive the Report of the Com mittee appointed by a General Meeting of their Body, on the 14Ji June, 1816, to inquire into the reasons that had prevented the completion of their deed, and into their ,tfairs generally." FALf,oFEILD having been. called to the Chair, the Report was read, which was as fol lows : Your Committee have endeavoured to nial:e themselves roasters of the subjects entrusted to them, and must set out by stating that the Deed for the security of the New Renters, founded upon the agreinuent entered into by them with the late Propriktors of Drury Lane Theatre ip the year 1810, and recognised in the acts of Parliament, has not yet been completed. Your Curnm;tteC have met and corresponded with the Sub- Committee of Di lir). Lane Theatre on this subject. It, how ever, seems to he the disposition of the Committee to intro duce such clauses as shall render the Deed inefficient, and to which your Committee cannot assent. The Drury Lane Com mittee, moreover, object to the annuity being - claimed on Oratorio Nights, and cei tail! others ; whereas agreement and former deed go to every night the Theatre is open. They likewise object to the wording of the clause respecting the Private Boxes, upon which subject the agreement is specified They also object to the power of di , tres=, which was made a .sine gna non by your former Committee, in the agreement entered into with the late Proprietors; and it would appear as if they considered this an innovation, and not forming a peculiar part of the agreement, though it does tom a clause in every Covent Garden Renter's Deed, and did in the deeds of the shares called Old Renters of the late Drury- Lane Theatre. There are likewise many minor clauses to which your Com mittee have objected, which, might, perhaps, be got over without much difficulty; but your Committee must observe further, that the New Renters, having a rent charge on the Theatre receipts, the lowering the prices, without the consent 01 their 'Trustee, appears to them highly improper. Your Committee, therefore, see no remedy but an applica 7 Lion to the COurt of Chancery, to call upon the Theatre Com mittee to settle a deed conformable to the words of the agree ment entered into by the New Renters with the Proprietors of Drury-Lane Tlnatr,., and which is directed to be forth with completed by the Act of Parliament. Your Cotnmittee are likewise sorry to report, that though the two yeais' suspension of the payment of their annuity (it being at. that time a year in arrear) which' was begged for of the New Renters by the Sub-Committee, on behalf of the Proprietors, at the Meeting of the I.lth of June, 1816, have expired, they have no greater prospect of receiving their rent than at the above period, nor even receiving the money stop ped by the Sub• Committee, on account of the Renters, from Performers on Benefit Nights, and likewise on Oratorio Nights, which would amount to about thirty shillings an nually on each ihare. .I . lle debts then stated as the cause of interruption, and in a course of payment, ate still unliquidat ed, and your Committee have rig information whereby they are enabled to state any probable period for the receipt of your rent, at least under the present circumstances of the Theat re. It is, however, a negative satisfaction to know, that the Proprietors cannot' themselves derive any advantage from the Theatre till the New Reuters are paid. Your Committee think it proper here to remind the New Renters, that the Patent under which the Theatre is kept open, the Dormant Patent, the lease of the premises, the surrounding houses, the insurance money, and the property saved from the fire, were all vested i❑ the Trustees of the New Renters, and were given up for the security, and in full confi dence of the deed being made exactly conformable to the agree ment. The variations, therefore, attempted to be imposed, your Committee are fully of opinion are just causes of com plaint. As hostile proceedings did take place amongst the Proprie tors themselves at the conclusion of the last season, and it. is nearly certain that Parliament will be again applied to fur an extension of power—notice to that effect having been given in the Gazette—your Committee think it: behoves the New Renters to be upon their guard, and to he properly represented upon any future occasion. Tout Committee think it right to observe further, that by the death of one Trustee, Mr. Houlston, and by the re signation of another, Mr. Graham, you are reduced to one, viz. Mr. Hosier, and therefore conceive it would be proper to proceed to the choice of two Trustees immediately, who would in future, by attending ,to the concerns of the New Reuters, obviate the necessity of the continuance of your Committee, and would become the direct channel of com munication between the New Renters and time Committee of Drury-Lane Theatre. .As any proceedings which may be necessary must he at tended with some expellee, your Committee recommend a fund to be formed for the purpose, by a small subscriptio❑ on each share. Your Committee further recommend to the New Renters the adoption of such Resolutious as may be a ground for their 'frnstees taking proper measures to enforce their rights. Not•. 12, 4818. JAS. P. FALLOFEILD, Chairman. Sir THOMAS TURTON moved that the Report should be approved, anti the Thanks of the Meet ing, given to the Gentlemen by whom it had been trained. Mr. G. ROBINS seconded the motion.—lt was carried unanimously. The CHAIRMAN observed to the Meeting, that they were now called upon by their Committee to choose two new Trustees. A motion was then rr►ade, that Mr. Fallofeiltl should be named one of the Trustees. The Cu AIRMAN begged to decline the intended honour, as he feared it would not be in his power to give sufficient titne to the duties of the situa tion ; and moved the name of Sir Thomas Turtou as an amendment on hit own. Mr. ROBINS remarked, the amendment was un necessary. Two trustees were wanted, and as two fitter persons than Sir T. Tin toil and the Chairman could not be nominated, he hoped both would be chosen. The CHAIRMAN said, one must at all events be first elected. Lie then put the question on the name of Sir T. Turton, Who %vas voted one of the trustees, only five hands being held up against the [notion. Mr. RomNs thought the hands held up against Sir Thomas bad been raised on the supposition that the question had been, whether their Chair man should be named one of their Trustees, or Sir Turtoo, and not from a desire to oppose the election of the latter Gentleman. The CHAIRMAN considered the question to bave been correctly put, and proceeded to submit the second to the Meeting ; at the aame time moving as an amendment, that the name of Mr. G. Robins should be substituted for his own. Air. ROBINS did not say he would decline ac cepting the situation of Trustee, it Mr. Fallow 'elkd was unwilling to take it. If, however, it were not unpleasant to him to be chosen, lie (Mr. Robins) could nut think of being named in his place. The Cu AIRMAN stated his reasons for consider ing Mr. Robins more eligible than himself; but the latter having repeatedly declined accepting the office on that ground, Mr. Fallowfeild at length consented to serve, and the motion for electing him a Trustee was unanimously carried. Mr. ROBINS thought, while the New Renters were together, as they had now what might be called a full Meeting, they would do well to in quire, not whether they were likely to be paid this year or next, but whether they were likely to be paid at all, or to receive any dividend, however small, on what they had sunk in the Theatre. He thought it desirable that they should make such inquiry now, as they wight never Imo auothct Mr. ELLISTON•-On Tuesday evening last, about nine o'clock, as he was going upstairs in his house adjoining the Olympic Theatre, in Craven-buildings, lie was suddenly attacked with a severe apoplectic fit ; bnt, by timely medical assistance, we are happy to find this excellent Performer is so far recovered as to attend to the business of the stage, towards the completion and early opening of the above Theatre. It is attri buted to over fatigue and anxiety. THEATRICAL REGISTE R ' Performpd Last Night. AitiOt b t it erl THEATRE ROYAL, DRURT-LANE.—.The DiStreS ae- Orestes, Mr. Kean; Scrcnione, Mrs. W. Vi cst. which, Barmecide. r S e li tr THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT- GARDEN. — f t The Schoo l dal : Sir Peter Teazle, Mr. W. Fan-en; Lady vo —t Brunton. After which, The Critic. MAILS. ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 1 Waterford, DUE-1 Dublin, 2Wateiford, i Guernsey anti PRICE la . - THIS DAT AT T Bank Stock 2701 270 2 per Cent. Rid 76-ai 77 3 per Cent. C0n5......774“7 1 31 per Cent. ..85 4 per Cents.— 954 5 per Cent. Navy Ann... 108't; P ; STOCKS wELVF. o'CLOCK. Bank L. Ann..... s ob o° l l India Stock .......... . 'Oh!: . • India 80nd5.... •• • •L 49 .5 Ex. B i l l s, gd....::195. Cons. for Acc ount, 770 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE T 0. 510— r ' $ 6 ttROM Morning, 3 minutes after 3. 1 Evening, 23 minutes . • THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS' DICERE FAIASUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1818• - -• „n HER MAJESTY.—The following Bu"e— tiara° " Kew PALACE, Moir' 13;it' " The QUEER had some sleep in th e and Her MAJESTY appears to suffer less to-64 than she did yesterday. issued this morning : " FE. MILMO' (Signed) r oT We received this morning the Paris PO" 5 Tuesday last. The following are extracts:"... " PARIS, Nov. Io.—The King yesterdaY to Argenteuil. so . " The Grand Duke Constantine dined o f day with the Duke of Orleans at his est ate s Neuilly. Last night the Gr an d Duke attended ball given by the Minister of General P o lice. t " The Department of Lozere presents s° 7 o remarkable instances of longevity. Duriog big year 1817, nut of a population of 143,2 47 iilllo ol tants, 52 died, aged between 95 and Will 28 aged 100 and upwards. „. "M. Portalis, Councillor of State, 1 1 L retur" s - ed to Paris from Rome. • - • r hon° 6- . ot t, Viscount d'Arlincourt bad the of presenting to the King yesterday, a copy Epic Poem, entitled Charlemagne. grog of " Letters from Cambray say, ' The ' 1 ", 3a, Prussia, who was expected here on th e not arrive till the 4th, and made no O a / . • op Pi e customary honours were rendered to . 1 - is • The inhabitants eagerly hoisted the ~;te all the streets through which the King P as o 10 , t " A grand fête was given on Saturoililjoble Grand Duke Constantine by the Priac e° nowski. FIVE PER CENTS. Monday D STOCK. 1 ~ Of the lx . . 22d Se p t . cs M e i a l : D e tA c . R p h F e , 1 E L I 8 8: 1 B R E : :, 79 1. 8 5c. 22d Sept. 1817, 9.241 March, 1818, 74 1. 9 "; Conference was held 73f. ........ terisi affairs proceed rapidly to a conclusion, an oth informed persons are,of opinion, that by 111° inst. every thing will be finished. P "o ti ' eti " The affairs of Baden, of the 1 11-di dto Princes, and of Westphalia, will be ref er° , the Committee of Ministers at Frankfort' nt of LAUSANNE, Nov. 3.—The yesNteonvla.v4.; —i-t,A, spllll)eintjAirssotel:, G o vern oe o icit Friburg has published the conditions on w ool the King of Portugal agrees to the establiso.oft of a Swiss Colony ill the Brazils. fl is 3 10 0 agrees to pay the expenccs of establislibeif Catholic families, to defray the expen ees 0 , 1 r witi l ' passage to Rio Janeiro, and to furnish tbeuto the provisions, and the means ,of proceeding le co p Canton of Canta Gallo, 24 leagues f rcili • nt itY °C tal ; each family to rece ive a certain ( 1 eil be foro land, cattle, and seed. The town to ,„ vr ibare' by,these Colonists is to be•named New "• r at Eropero.oo6 e, STUTTGARD, Nov. 3...--The 15t11 in s Russia is expected here the 14th or and to remain here some days. I , Ao s " iiill " FRIBURG (BRISGAU), Nov. 3 . ---be woo, g il troops from France are daily pass in g . 0 here this town. The head-quarte rs will or r ( 1 1 set ou t on the 14th, remain during t he 151b' 30 the 16th. ,00 0.4 " VIENNA, OCT. 30,---OffiCial in te • coi l ' j i a cloa' ceived here from Moldavia and V‘' r " , jassi' t onlY at li firms previous statements, that no- . dic idno but at Floclisan and lberaila, sever Bl i i ii ii co lls e ' a otS have been attacked by the plague' adopts e , 0 quence, rigorous measures are to b e erot ioo the Austrian frontiers for the Pr es 1 1 ' 15 51 "ii health. o. r 0 f „of._ cr " Mutuctr, OCT. 30.—The E'vP t i,t * ..., Court 00 f r o P' is expected here to visit the • November. His Itnoetial Alei estY ' Pr°cced4 O f ror ' hence to Vienna. 4-1, fa 'P c 0 16 • 4 ----A.. ° : „gc. .. fd " AIR-LA-CHAPELLE, :\.7017.'• 1 6E1i ."- t 0 ,-4 Austria will set out the 15th or 1 da yS 3it e re Imperial Majesty will remain 50t",, e , 11 pree s i tott; nick, and return to his capital " Lord Castlereagh has obtainc" get t ee c' Oil' but the day of his departure is o ° l ) , i , VI " Nov, 6.---The liniperpr of ItP ) the 4: bis poi. , meeting. He had been assured, that for the last month they had not taken, on the average, 1001. per night. They ought to know whether this • 1 report was well founded, and therefore he pro posed to send for the Treasurer. Several Gentlemen here obser , —.d, that they had not the power of commanding j attendance of the Treasurer—that it might be considered inde l licate in them to question , him—anal that it has not to he expected he wo v ld:give them tin answer. Mr. RoBINs knew very well he could not com mand the attendance of the Treasurer. He only proposed to request him to wait on them. The time for standing about delicacy was past ; the Sub-Committee had not shown much delicacy towards the New Renters, and plain questions must now be put, and plain answers to them üb rained. Of the Treasurer he expected an answer as a matter of courtesy, and if it were refused, he should be inclined to demand it as a matter of right. He moved that Mr. Peake and Mr. Dunn, the Treasurer awl Deputy Treasurer, should be requested to attend the Meeting, to give such ex planation respecting the finances of the Theatre, as they, consistently with their duty, could afford. —The motion was agfeed to. While the Meeting waited for the attendance of the treasurer, a discussion took place on the ques tions which it might be proper to ask. Mr. RoBINs said, his object was merely to as certain whether the receipts of the Theatre were sufficient to cover its expenditure, and a question to that effect was prepared in writing. When the Gentlemen sent for made their ap pearance, it was read to the treasurer. Mr. PEAK?. said, he did not feel at liberty to answer the question. Mr. ROBINS inquired on whit ground he de clined giving an answer ? Mr. PEAKE replied, it did not appear to him a question proper to he put to a person in his situa tion. If it were put to those under whom he acted, he should be happy to give theMeCting any information which the Sub-Committee might direct then servant to lay before the New Renters. He was then told by the CHAIRMAN his attend ance was no longer necessary. Some further conversation took place, and se veral resolutions - Were adopted, which went to give the Trustees additional powers to act for the benefit of their constituents. They were directed to apply to the Sub-Committee, for information relative to the finances of the concern, and it was determined that another Meeting of the New Itenteis ought to take place in the course of the next two months. A resolution was come to, directing all future dividends to be paid to the New Renters' trustees, as some sums of money, for the payment of which provision had been made, were now withheld from those who had not applied early for them, in con sequence of such monies having been paid into the treasury of the Theatre. To support these proceedings, a general sub scription of one pound from each Renter was re solved upon ; more than fifty pounds were in stantly subscribed ; and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the Meeting broke up. LONDON JOURNALS. [FRONT THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.) [Morning Herald.] THE QUEEN. " lieu', Eight o'Clock, Nov. 12. ," The Prince Regent did not visit the Palace last night ; but a messenger arrived from Carlton House, late at night, by whom a full report of the state of the Queen was sent to his Royal Highness, " As the night advanced, all the most distress ing syniptoms of her Majesty's disorder gradually developed themselves with more than ordinary malevolence, and the Royal Sufferer passed an other sleepless night. " Towards noon her Majesty was more com posed, but her exhaustion was so great, that she remained throughout the rest of the day, to all appearance, totally unconscious. " The Prince Regent is just arrived, and is giving audience to Sir F. Miltuan. His Royal Highness's horses are ordered to he in readiness for his return to Carlton House at 11 o'clock." [The Times.] Accounts from Aix-la-Chapelle, of Monday last, mention the arrival of the Duc d'Angouleme in the afternoon of the same day. The ostensible motive of his Royal Highness's visit to Congress was to return the compliment of a similar nature paid by their Imperial and Royal Majesties to the King of France, On the late occasion. Mr. Baring reached Aix-la-Chapelle the night before the Due d'Angouleme arrived there ; and on Mon day a conference was held at the house of Prince Hardenberg, on the subject of the proposition made by France for an extension of the term originally agreed upon for the discharge of her pecuniary obligations. It was reported at the date of our letters, that France required a much longer time than had been already intimat ed ; a request, in which it was supposed that Prussia would not acquiesce without reluctance. The Private Letters from Paris, d!rted Monday, report the closing price of the French funds on that day at 69. 10. and that the;market was far from being considered in an improving state. A great sensation had, been produced by the fai lure of one of the principal speculators, who was much relied on, and considered of high respectability, but had proved unable to ful fil his engagements. The assistance afforded the holders of the rentes, it appears, had not proved so effectual as was expected : compulsory sales were still very numerous, and produced a corres ponding effect on the market —(lbid.) II 21 :ti ng Itegen arti st L s Pe ' Austri for Ito Th e th at c t)f the protitic tn 'nne I "ge 1 to eon tir,„ 3, t heir c it i n it "de , , 4 64 the litith en thirp os liknd ers • thes e, "tir3e of the ti ‘Ve .1.01:a' to Nlt c - 'ertic r ) . sPerie fro 4 11 4( I tr . li d 4 111 4 'sl ot I,f ti "- I( kI ' b e t vi is LE th q (s 'i It t .(ls, [1 4 4 j sitl4( ell t Co ris N'tv• \\ lie t ke ' lll r 4 eet.s e Arp: 11 11 . 4 ,, 5 ," e„ r4 t4 t, 1, 14' 11 4 1, t r i itc& h 4r v 4t.. On, v It i s hort